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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Taylors Valley, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Taylors Valley and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Taylors Valley:
- 36.623728, -81.717617
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Taylors Valley
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Taylors Valley is near Johnson County and also Ashe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Johnson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Ashe County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Taylors Valley
Curious and Interesting Names Near Taylors Valley ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Big Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Big Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Hill
- Creek Junction
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Creek Junction is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creek Junction
- Damascus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Eureka
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Eureka is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka
- Flatwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Flatwood is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwood
- Green Cove
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Green Cove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Cove
- Laurel Bloomery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Listening Rock
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Listening Rock is located in Ashe County (NC)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Listening Rock
- Masada
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Masada is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masada
- Roetown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Roetown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roetown
- Shingletown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Shingletown is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shingletown
- Silver Lake
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Silver Lake is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Lake
- Sugar Creek
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Sugar Creek is located in Johnson County (TN)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sugar Creek
- Vails Mill
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Vails Mill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vails Mill
How Far From Taylors Valley to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Taylors Valley to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Taylors Valley and extending to:
- Abingdon, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Taylors Valley to Abingdon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
- Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 244 miles [392.7 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take nearly four hours, a buggy would take 10 days and walking would take 14 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 299 miles [481.2 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take five to six hours, a buggy would take 12 days and walking would take 17 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,195 miles [9,969.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,902 miles [11,107.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,778 miles [7,689.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Taylors Valley) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Taylors Valley to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Taylors Valley. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.6237, Longitude: -81.7176 In this case, the coordinates for Taylors Valley have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.732 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 306.341 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 307.437 degrees. |
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